MovieWeb's Reviews of Every 2026 Oscar Best Picture Nominee

Numeric scores and full reviews for every Best Picture nominee have been collected here to help you choose what to watch before the Oscars. "Sinners" (4.5/5) is described as a must-see blockbuster that "brilliantly illustrates Black life in the violent and poverty-stricken Jim Crow-segregated South" while adding a "ruthless vampire antagonist." Where to Watch: HBO Max.

Distributor: Warner Bros. Director: Ryan Coogler. Oscar Nominations: 16. "Train Dreams" (4.5/5) is called an "uncommonly lovely tone poem" rooted in the American West, anchored by a soulful performance from Edgerton. Where to Watch: Netflix. Distributor: Netflix.

Director: Joachim Trier. Oscar Nominations: 4. "One Battle After Another" (4.5/5) is a vivid, unrelenting action-thriller that probes extremist networks and the compromises behind ideological purity. Where to Watch: HBO Max. Distributor: Warner Bros. Director: Paul Thomas Anderson.

United States, Jim Crow South

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